Indiana House Bill 1163

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on March 11 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-11 - Public Law 57
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Certificates of public convenience and necessity. Provides that: (1) a rural electric membership corporation (REMC); (2) a nonprofit corporation that is an electric cooperative and that has at least one member that is an REMC; and (3) certain corporations resulting from a merger or consolidation of an REMC and a telephone cooperative corporation; are exempt from the requirement that a public utility obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity before beginning the construction, purchase, or lease of certain facilities to be used for furnishing public utility service.

Certificates of public convenience and necessity.

Rep. David Hall [R]	Rep. Edmond Soliday [R]	Rep. Alex Zimmerman [R]	Rep. Matt Pierce [D]
Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Gary Byrne [R]

2024-02-20 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-22 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-11	House	Public Law 57
2024-03-11	House	Signed by the Governor
2024-03-08	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2024-03-04	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2024-02-27	House	Signed by the Speaker
2024-02-21	Senate	Returned to the House without amendments
2024-02-20	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 166: yeas 48, nays 0
2024-02-19	Senate	Senator Byrne added as second sponsor
2024-02-19	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2024-02-15	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2024-02-05	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities
2024-01-23	House	Referred to the Senate
2024-01-22	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 21: yeas 94, nays 0
2024-01-22	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
2024-01-18	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2024-01-16	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2024-01-08	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
2024-01-08	House	Authored by Representative Hall
2024-01-08	House	Coauthored by Representatives Soliday, Zimmerman, Pierce M

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/house/1163/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/HB1163.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/HB1163.02.COMH.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/HB1163.03.COMS.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/HB1163.04.ENRS.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/fiscal-notes/HB1163.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/fiscal-notes/HB1163.02.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/votesheets/HB1163.01.INTR.00.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/committee-reports/HB1163.01.INTR.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/fiscal-notes/HB1163.02.COMH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/fiscal-notes/HB1163.02.COMH.FN003.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/votesheets/HB1163.02.COMH.00.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/committee-reports/HB1163.02.COMH.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/fiscal-notes/HB1163.03.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/fiscal-notes/HB1163.03.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/fiscal-notes/HB1163.03.COMS.FN003.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/fiscal-notes/HB1163.04.ENRS.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/rollcalls/HB1163.21_H.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1163/rollcalls/HB1163.166_S.pdf